Use a checkbook system in conjunction with your classroom behavior system to develop life skills.
Objectives
- Students will understand that making effective decisions involves considering the costs and the benefits associated with alternative choices.
- Students will understand the basic concept of credit.
Procedure
- Teach students to use a check register and how to write a check by modeling the activity the first few times.
- Provide students with an initial deposit.
- Charge students for rent, electricity, trips to the bathroom or water fountain.
- Connect with your current behavior system to earn money and/or charge money.
- Keep a running check register on a spreadsheet for each child to determine accuracy.
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Sunshine State Standards
- SS.D.1.2.1
- SS.D.1.2.3
- SS.D.1.2.5
NETS Profiles for Technology Literate Students
- Use general purpose productivity tools and peripherals to support personal productivity, remediate skill deficits, and facilitate learning throughout the curriculum.
- Use technology resources (e.g., calculators, data collection probes, videos, educational software) for problem solving, self-directed learning, and extended learning activities.
Materials
- Spreadsheet Program
- Check register
- Checks
- Deposit Slips
- Bank Statement
- Planned activity to spend money
Downloads
Alternatives/Extensions
- Provide an opportunity for the children to spend the money they have earned at a class auction, class trip, etc.
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